A biographer has called him the “Tejano Tiger.” His name is Col. Santos Benavides. He was the highest-ranking Hispanic in...
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Union General William T. Sherman called them “the most dangerous set of men which the war turned loose upon the...
The Civil War memoirs of Private Samuel Watkins of Company H, 1st Tennessee Infantry are considered the best ever written...
The Confederate Battle Flag has 13 stars for 13 states. South Carolina seceded in December 1860, followed by five more...
When the Civil War started it was hard to get a Texan to join other than a cavalry unit. British...
It is said that Gettysburg is one of the most haunted places in America. Don’t believe in ghosts? Well, here...
“Wheat’s Tigers” was the nickname of a Louisiana Battalion formed from the rougher sections of New Orleans, men described as...
During the Civil War, the Cherokee Nation had 3,000 men serving as Confederate soldiers. The Cherokee, by nature a peaceful...
Nathan Bedford Forrest is one of ablest commanders on record, the only Civil War officer to go from Private at...
The Battle of Perryville in Kentucky one of the most important battles of the American Civil War, but most people,...
